Berkeley Jr. Bears Cheerleaders hold final signups!

When: Saturday, July 30 from 11:00am - 4:00pm

Locale: Oasis Pamper Bar
3823 San Pablo Ave.
Emeryville, CA

Purpose: For the youth to learn critical skills such as personal responsibility, discipline, time management, teamwork, and leadership while developing a healthy self-­esteem.

Fee:
$100.00 to Initiate Registration Football & Cheer Registration Fee: $225.00($50 off registration if $100 non-refindable deposit paid by June 13th) Uniform Fee: $175.00

For more information visit their website: California Golden Jr. Bears -
www.berkeleycaliforniagoldenjrbears.com

Raiders officially begin training camp with high-hopes

Coach Cable

QB Jason Campbell

DT Richard Seymour

By Felicia

Training camp officially began on Thursday for the Oakland Raiders upcoming 2010-2011season in Napa, California with a clean slate, just what this team needed for a team that hasn’t had a winning record in nearly 10-years.

“Having a whole team here is a credit to the organization,” said head coach Tom Cable. In terms of newest quarterback Jason Campbell’s leadership he replied he’s “Hungry and passionate for leadership, I think he’s taken it and run away with it.”

Good football character has been the word Coach Cable has used in reference to his new team.

“My goal is to do what I can to help the team win,” said Campbell, who was the 2005 draft pick of the Washington Redskins.

For the first time in recent years the Raiders were credited for their off-season draft moves and signees with some predicting them to break their playoff drought by giving them a high ranking in their division.

“We have a lot of young talent. Guys are very talented, their tall, their big, the sky’s the limit for them,” said QB Jason Campbell of the impression of the young receiving team.

“Good to get back here and knock some of the rust off,” said Veteran Defensive Tackle Richard Seymour.” “Training camp is actually the on time individually to hone our skills,” said Seymour. For me training camp is about laying the foundation for the season.”

“I think we’ll be good, real good, just with the guys I have in front of me, Richard Seymour, Kelley and Jay (Richardson) those guys, especially the linebackers, it’s scary at how good I think we could be” said rookie Linebacker Rolando Blackmon.

No doubt there is a different chemistry between these guys then in years past, they are listening to one another and building something deeper, a brotherhood.
Building a brotherhood and a since of chemistry and together playing together into of individuals One game at a time and win.

Raiders Training Camp will run from now until August at the Napa Marriott in Napa, California.

Goodbye to the Assassin

Raiders safety was an Ohio State alum and 3-time Pro Bowler


Placing his most powerful hit in the Superbowl on a Vikings player




By Felicia

When the Raiders left Oakland, I hated them and became loyal to the Maroon and Gold across the bridge. To add to my dislike, I started to learn more about Jack Tatum who had long retired once I became a 49er fan.

My late Uncle Chuckie had told me how he was there when the menacing Raiders safety placed a paralyzing hit on Patriots receiver Darryl Stingley in 1978 confining him to a wheelchair until his death a few years ago. Known as The Assassin field for his eye-popping hits, Tatum would write a book by the same name that some felt hardly showed remorse for the career ending hit on Stingley.

That was until I met him in the late 1990’s in Lake Tahoe. You know the feeling you get when you rip someone and then when you meet them they are nothing like you thought? That’s the feeling I got with Mr. Tatum. He was witty and personable. His chuckle was deep, his persona shy, yet his eyes were still on you. I waited for an Assassin personality to erupt, however, I got none. I had a change of heart. This man couldn’t have purposely meant to paralyze someone.

No doubt, he was doing his job on the field, back then football didn’t have the rules they have in today’s NFL. Today the story that hasn’t been heavily reported is Tatum tried to visit Stingley while he was in an Oakland hospital but was turned away by Stingley’s family.

Tuesday, The Assassin died from a heart attack at the age of 61, a three-time Pro Bowler known as one of the most feared at his position.

Tatum would have a journey of his own, battling diabetes and losing parts of both his legs in recent years. He lost his life Tuesday morning as the ripe age of 61, from a heart attack.

Unfortunately he and Stingley would never come to a happy medium on earth; hopefully they can on that big football field in the sky.

NBA's Premier Dance Team Holds Auditions

video by jf

By Felicia

This past weekend nearly 200 women came out to audition for the 2010-2011 Warrior Girls Dance Team.

In the past several years that dance director Susan Hovey has been at the helm, auditions for this NBA dance team has garnered some of the strongest dancers in and outside of the Bay Area.

A modern dance routine was taught by top-notch choreographers Mz. V and Chocolate, who taught the girls a modern dance routine followed by Mario who taught a hip shaking Beyonce-esque hip hop routine.

This year Hovey had former of the Memphis Grizzlie's dance team as well as others from respected dance teams.

“I could put together my dance team today,” said Hovey from Club Sport in San Ramon, the locale of the tryouts. “These girls are talented.”

The Warrior Girls 2010-2011 dance team will be selected this week. For more information go to www.warriors.com.